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The underground world was so big that Su Mo had yet to reach the end even after wandering for an hour.

He faced no danger, nor did he see anyone else.

However, along the way, Su Mo encountered several new corpses from time to time, including a new disciple and a black Demon Insect.

Of course, Su Mo would not waste blood essence, so he swallowed blood essence every time he saw a corpse.

He could devour large amounts of blood essence without exerting any effort, which was much faster than hunting demonic beasts and devouring their blood essence.

However, the Demon Core of these Demon Insects had been taken away, and Su Mo had not seen any Spiritual Potions along the way, so they must have been taken away by the geniuses.

Su Mo was in no hurry. Even if he did not possess any Spiritual Potions or Demon Core, he was very happy to obtain a large amount of blood essence.

As long as his cultivation can continue to increase, he will not be afraid of not having the Demon Core!

“Lv 2 Devil Insects?”

Right now, Su Mo's eyes twinkled as he looked at the few more corpses in front of him. There were three Demon Insects and two martial artists.

The Three Demon Insects were clearly twice as big as the previous ones, and they were as big as a bull's head.

Su Mo was overjoyed and rushed to devour it.

Although the amount of blood essence of these three Demon Insects was not as much as two martial artists, the Blood Qi in their blood essence was seven or eight times more than that of two martial artists.

The moment the Blood Qi entered his body, Su Mo hurriedly fixed it, and his cultivation surged again.

Before long, his cultivation increased from the late Qi Lv 9 Cultivation Realm to the Lv 9 Qi Peak Cultivation Realm, and there was still a large amount of Blood Qi raging in his unrefined body.

Su Mo sat down and tried hard to refine the Blood Qi and condense the original Qi.

With the strong support of Blood Qi, even if he could not directly break through the bottleneck and reach the Spiritual Martial Realm, he would at least reach the half-step level of the Spiritual Martial Realm.

The original Qi within the body of a martial artist in the Spiritual Martial Realm had turned into an innate original Qi.

The so-called half-step to the Spiritual Martial Realm was actually just a transition period, not a real realm.

The original Qi within the half-step body to the Spiritual Martial Realm had turned into an innate original Qi, but they had yet to reach the Spiritual Martial Realm. They were much stronger than martial artists in the Lv 9 Qi Cultivation Realm, so this stage was called half a step towards the Spiritual Martial Realm.

After the majestic Blood Qi was refined into the original Qi, the original Qi in Su Mo's field of elixir surged and filled his entire field of elixir, and there was even more original Qi flowing into his meridians.

The original Qi in large quantities made Su Mo's elixir field sick. He tried his best to compress his original Qi.

When the original Qi amount in Su Mo's field of elixir reached a critical point, the original Qi center suddenly collapsed and formed the original Qi vortex.

The whirlpool of True Qi was spinning slowly, and the True Qi in his dantian slowly fused together and merged into the whirlpool, which gradually expanded.

After a while, Su Mo had purified all of the Blood Qi he had eaten, and all of the original Qi in his herb field merged into the vortex. The original Qi vortex grew several times larger and occupied half of Su Mo's field of elixir.

The True Energy Vortex was formed by the condensation of True Energy. It was very thick, almost to the point of melting.

Suddenly, a wisp of pure Xiantian Qi emerged from the center of the Real Qi whirlpool and merged with Real Qi.

Half a step towards the Spiritual Martial Realm!

The next moment, Su Mo suddenly opened his eyes. His shining eyes shot out two bright rays in the dark room.

“Time to fight for the Demon Core and Spiritual Herb!”

Su Mo clenched his fists tightly and smiled as he felt a surge of strength in his body.

Now that his cultivation had reached half a step into the Spiritual Martial Realm, there was no need for him to devour large amounts of blood essence for a period of time.

Because even if there was a large amount of Blood Essence, he was not prepared to devour it.

In less than two days, Su Mo had devoured a large amount of blood essence, and his cultivation had surged from the Peak Lv 8 Qi Cultivation Realm to half a step into the Spiritual Martial Realm.

He had to settle down for a period of time and refine his True Qi before he could make another breakthrough.

Su Mo cultivated the Primordial Qi Skill, so his Primordial Original Qi was extremely pure and condensed. But now he felt the original Qi in his body had become extremely heterogeneous, and his purity had greatly decreased.

If he were to forcibly break through to the Spiritual Martial Realm in this state, it would definitely affect his martial arts foundation. Therefore, he would not rashly break through to the Spiritual Martial Realm.

After sighing, Su Mo immediately identified the direction and flew forward like a ghost.

Soon, Su Mo saw the scene in front of him.

In front of him, there were over 100 black giant insects that were besieging a group of youths.

There were more than 20 young men in this group. Su Mo took a closer look and found not only the four geniuses, Yan Qi, Wu Kui, and Feng Zilan, but also Luo Qianfan.

In front of them, there was an open space with towering trees over 300 meters tall. The tree was extremely dense, and its trunk was like a giant pillar soaring into the sky. From the ground of this underground world, he reached the top of a tree that was over 300 meters tall, and was directly inserted into the mountain rocks.

On the trunk of the giant tree, there were a large number of gray blobs, which were as big as a watermelon, tightly covering the trunk of the giant tree.

Su Mo took a closer look and found that each of these gray wisps were still alive. It was an insect egg.

This must be a breeding ground for black demon insects.

Not only were there a large number of insect eggs on the giant tree, but there were also nine fist-sized red fruits on the branch of the giant tree. The nine fruits were surrounded by a red glow, and Su Mo could smell a faint scent even from over 100 meters away.

“What kind of Spiritual Fruit is this?”

Su Mo's eyes twinkled. Even though he did not know of this fruit, he guessed it was unusual, or these people would not be here.

Clearly, these people were surrounded by insects for the Spirit Fruit on the tree.

Su Mo was in no hurry to snatch it, but carefully observed the situation.

Among the hundreds of Demon Insects, there were at least 10 in Lv 2 Class Demonic Beasts, which were comparable to martial artists in the Lv 2 Spiritual Martial Realm.

The rest of the Demon Insects were mostly Class 9 Lv 1 Demon Beasts, and the weakest was Class 8 Lv 1.

The cultivation of these 20 new disciples was not weak either. The eight experts in the Spiritual Martial Realm, including the five geniuses, were all present.

Most of the others were at the Peak Lv 9 Qi Cultivation Realm, and some were even half a step into the Spiritual Martial Realm.

However, even though they were strong, they were still no match for the Demon Insects.

Many of them were injured, and they were in a dangerous situation.

Luo Qianfan was dealing with one of the three Cla.s.s 2 Lv 2 Demon Beasts, and the other two were besieged by Wu Kui, Cao Yuan, and the others.

Although the three Cla.s.s 2 Lv 2 Demon Beasts were temporarily pinned down, the other Cla.s.s 1 Lv 2 Demon Beasts were unstoppable, and the disciples continued to retreat.

The carapace of the Demon Insects was hard, and those who were not strong enough were unable to break its defenses. The mouth parts of the Demon Insects were extremely sharp, and they could tear a large piece of meat with a single bite.

“Huang Yunqing, you blocked it. I'll take the Empty Spirit Fruit!”

At this moment, Wu Kui and a tall young man were fighting a Class 2 Lv 2 Demon Insect. They suddenly shouted, turned around, and rushed to the giant tree, leaving behind the Demon Beast.

“Sister Wu, I ..”

Huang Yunqing was startled, but she had no time to think. The Demon Insect in front of him attacked again, and the sharp teeth in his ferocious mouth shone.

Ho!

Huang Yunqing shouted loudly and unleashed his Martial Spirit to withstand the attack of the Demon Insects with all his strength.

Huang Yunqing's Martial Soul was a cyan ferocious bird, with sharp eyes and a ferocious light.

Huang Yunqing used her Martial Soul and exerted all her strength. Even though he was still no match for the Demon Insects, he had managed to fight against it.

Wu Kui rushed to the giant tree, and soon he was close to it. Looking at the nine red fruits on the branch, he was extremely excited.

Just as he was about to jump onto a giant tree, he suddenly heard a shrill voice behind him.

Wu Kui was startled and hurriedly dodged to one side. Soon, a black light passed through it.

It was an arrow!

“Luo Qianfan, what are you doing?”

Wu Kui turned his head and looked at Luo Qianfan. The arrow was shot by Luo Qianfan.

“Wu Kui, do you want to save Empty Spirit Fruit?”

Luo Qianfan sneered while fighting the Demon Insects.